Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-13
LOUISVILLE RACES.
Baldwin Captures two of Yesterday S
Events Quite HandiIy.


LOUISVILLE, May 12th The Sc cord day of
the Louisville Spring meeting witnessed
some good racing. The time was excellent
and the fields large. Notwithstanding a
shower Just before = o'clock and heavy
threatening weather overhead, there were
between 5000 and 6,000 people present.
The Judges were Major John S. Clark OF
Lexington, Captain James Franklin of Gal
latin, Tenn, and Colonel N. Lewis Clark.
The timers were w. L. Barnes. B. G.
Thomas and Mr.. Van Kirkman of Nash
Vile 1t did not rain long enough to hurt
| the track any, and the clouds afforded pro-
lection from the sun. Some trouble aud a
| long delay occurred over the fourth race.
Little Minch came in first, Modesty second,
| Col. Owens third and Red Stone fourth;
| but Modesty claimed foul. As they
passed into the stretch Little Minch had
swerved in front of her, cutting her off
| Little Minch would have won anyway, but
the Judges decided that Modcsty should be
! first, Col. Owens second, Red Stone third
and Little Minch last The dark y ones
continued to make the big betters unhappy,
! Los Angeles and Volante Baldwin s. being
| the only two fayorites who came up 10
| ex pectations.
! For the first race, five furlongs, Louisville
| ladies' stakes for two-year-old fillies, the
starters were: Connie +. (Blayloek),
Amelia 2. turner, Los Angeles WEST,
Winona (CaldwelD. Emporia Hogan). Miss
Ruth o.. Jones', Qutstep tArnoldl, Kitty
| Gum (Withers). Leontine Isaac Lewis,
Frederica (Buchananl. The Grow (Thayerl,
| Zuhian Ocean (Stovai), Lilly Virgie Fin
negan) Each carried I12 pounds. The
| Crow ran off three miles this morning and
was scratched in the race. After several
! false starts they got off to a good start,
Kitty Gum in the lead, Los Angeles sec
| ond. At the head of the stretch Winona
was first, Los Angeles second and Kitty
Gum third. They raced in this way to
| the wire, Los Angeles winning by length,
Winona two lengths in front of Ocean.
Time, 1:02.
! For the second race, one and three eighth
| miles, the starters were Athlone (Vincent)
| 107, Aristocrat (Gerhardy) 10Y, Jaubert
! (Hathway) 80. Aristocrat and Athlone
were off first. Passing the grand stand
Athlone and Aristocrat Tapped, and ran
| thus all the way around to the three-quarter
| pole, when Jaubert was given his head,
and coming along won easily by two
lengths, Aristocrat second, head in front
of Athlone. Time, 2:29.
| For the third race, Dixiana handicap for
! three year-olds and upwards, one and one
| quarter miles, the starters were : O'Fallon
| (Vincent 105, Comedie (kellv) 80, Grey
Cloud (Johnson) 100, Longalight Hath
away 100, Wahoop (Caldwell) 10Y, Lucky
b. (Murphy) lis, Jacobin (Harris) 102.
o Fallon led the crowd all the way to the
head of the stretch, where Jacobin came
| forward and held the position, O'Fallon
second. Lucky B. third and Wahoo fourth.
Time, 2:092
For the fourth race, three-qnarters of
mile dash for three year-olds and upward,
the starters were: Estrella, Modesty,
| Euphony, Marcy Mack, Cassie, Colonel
Owens, Redstone. Allegheny. Blaze Ban,
Glen Ban, Tom Berlin. Dark Hall, Miss
| Cleveland and Little Minch Marcy Mack
got off first, with Tom Berlin second, the
rest in a bench. AT the three-quarters
Little Minch came to the front and staid
| there. but the judges decided Modesty first,
and Colonel Owens second. Time, 1:l44.
! For the fifth race, a mile and an eighth,
the starters were: Uncle Dan, Volante,
Major Walker, Jennie Mcfarland, Mary,
Levantine and Foster. Major Walker led
/ the way part of the time but Volante was
the winner after a close finish. with Mary
second, Foster third. Time, 1:56I.
| 1T BALTIMORE.
/ BALTIMORE, May 12th.-The weather was
bright and the track in fair condition. The
| three. quarter mile Britannia won, Jennie
b. second. Patrocles third. Time, 1:16l
i The one and one-quarter miles for three
year-eld fillies Lizzie Baker won, Maggie